Here’s a little promotional piece I put together detailing the unique location scouting process for my upcoming feature HERE BUILD YOUR HOMES
Our composer, the extremely talented Jeremy Bullock, has recently writing and recording the original score for HERE BUILD YOUR HOMES!
About Jeremy:
“Born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, Jeremy studied music composition at
the University of North Carolina at Wilmington before…
Here I go again, making pretentious art films with Patrick Carlyle.
Check out this great homage to Gus Van Sant’s MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, directed by Matt Jay and starring Karl Glusman
Matt Jay just turned me on to this really interesting op-ed that appeared in Filmmaker Magazine about a year ago. Independent producer Mike S. Ryan has written a challenging essay on the state of independent film, calling it “petty bourgeois aesthetics emboldened by a decade-long onslaught of overpriced Sundance-launched quirk”. Amen. This should be required reading for all filmmakers.
Coming soon from director Matt Jay
A photo of the construction of my favorite Portland bridge, The Hawthorne Bridge, circa 1910.
From my new website obsession Vintage Portland
Last summer, we made a pitch teaser to gather funds for THE UNTITLED REDWOODS PROJECT (which has since been shot and is now called HERE BUILD YOUR HOMES). Curiously, it’s been getting some renewed play on a few blogs recently.
The best part about these are the comments people will say:
Apparently this is a trailer for some indie film or something. I don’t endorse it, but I am a sucker for speeches, ambient music, fireworks, swimming and all sorts of other summer things.
I love Kennedy’s speeches. This is a better visualization of his Inaugural Address that I could have ever come up with.
Not sure what is meant by “I don’t endorse it…”. God forbid you should be associated with art and independent film!
